New training programme to improve carer support in end-of-life care
Today sees the launch of a training programme that will improve the skills of staff and volunteers who provide support to people providing end of life care for a relative
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Tag: End Of Life Care
Inspector warns of compassion fatigue in care of seriously ill
Seriously and terminally ill patients are suffering from a lack of around-the-clock expertise and staff with compassion fatigue, some of Britain’s top medical professionals have told an influential Parliamentary committee.
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MPs to vote on right to die for first time in 20 years in landmark debate
MPs are set to vote on the right to die for the first time in almost 20 years today as controversial laws are subject to a landmark debate. Labour MP
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Impassioned debate sees MPs reject Assisted Dying Bill by large majority
MPs have voted against enshrining the right to die in British law after more than four hours of impassioned debate. The Commons declined to give a second reading to the
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Sheffield Hallam to host free online course for workers in end-of-life care
Sheffield Hallam University is teaming up with St Luke’s Hospice to launch a free online course supporting health and social care workers in providing palliative or end of life care.
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Experts issue end-of-life warning as shortage of unpaid carers expected
Unpaid carers to people with terminal cancer are providing health and social care worth £219 million each year – but health experts have warned that the Government is going to
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New guidance on end-of life treatment after Liverpool Care Pathway withdrawn
Decisions on when patients are reaching the end of their life should be taken by a number of health experts rather than relying on the medical opinion of just one
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Depression and personality disorders most common in help to die requests
Depression and personality disorders are the most common diagnoses in psychiatric patients requesting help to die, research has found. The study, published in the online journal BMJ Open, focused on
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Palliative care charity calls for Government review into end of life care
The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) has called for a review into how dying, death and bereavement are dealt with across government departments and public bodies. The calls are
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Strategic Framework for Action for Palliative and End of Life Care
In Scotland more and more adults are now living with long term, often progressive, conditions involving specific palliative care needs. The future provision of palliative and end of life care
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